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1985ref. 149739N.p.: N.p. 1985. Four vintage borderless reference photographs and one vintage reference photograph from the set of the 1985 French film three showing director Agnes Varda and actress Sandrine Bonnaire one showing Varda and cinematographer Patrick Blossier and one showing Varda and a film crew inspecting Bonnaire as she poses as a dead body in a ditch. With the stamp of Cinemagence three with provenance stamps and one with a stamp specific to the film's French release on the verso. Varda's most successful and critically acclaimed film beginning with the discovery of a young migrant woman's body frozen in a ditch in northern France and retracing her life up until the time of her death. As an important and influential French director writer and artist Agnes Varda garnered praise as a filmmaker for her uncompromising documentary-style realism focusing on women and marginalized members of society as well as her experimental style. A colleague of Alain Resnais and other Rive Gauche filmmakers her early work stylistically prefigures the French New Wave and is today considered very much a part of it. Shot on location in Gard Herault and Bouches-du-Rhone France. Four photographs 7 x 5 inches one photograph 7 x 9.5 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 74. N.p. unknown
ref. 20922No date or place. London 1940s. In the 1940s Guest wrote the lyrics to several songs by the American composer Manning Sherwin 1902-1974 several of them for his comedy 'I'll be your Sweetheart' 1945 but he is not known to have written any music himself. No record has been found of the present item but it presumably dates from the same period. It is 4pp. 4to. On bifolium of printed music paper. In good condition lightly aged and worn with central vertical fold. The title is on the cover: '”Swell” Lyrics and music by Val Guest'. There is an illegible name lightly written at top right in another hand. The music is neatly written out in ink. The lyrics are not present except for one phrase in pencil 'You sent me a note and beneath it you wrote it's been swell'. No date or place. [London, 1940s?] unknown
1979ref. 162754Beverly Hills CA: The Edward S. Feldman Company 1979. Draft script for the 1979 television movie originally aired on December 7 1979 on ABC. Two aging retirees fall in love after meeting at a retirement home in Venice California although their friends and families object due to their differing religions. Red titled wrappers dated February 21 1979 on the front wrapper with credits for screenwriters Merrit Malloy and Lee Philips. Title page present with credits for screenwriters Merrit Malloy and Lee Philips. 120 leaves with last page of text numbered 121. Xerographic duplication rectos only with blue and pink revision pages throughout dated variously between March 5 and 12 1979. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. The Edward S. Feldman Company unknown
1974ref. 152646Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1974. Vintage studio still photograph featuring Teresa Graves and Peter Bayliss from the 1974 British film. Dracula portrayed by the typically charming Niven attempts to revive his great love the Countess Vampira by collecting blood from Playboy models touring his castle but when Vampira awakens she is now a powerful Black woman in a delightful performance from Graves. The US release changed the film's name to "Old Dracula" in an attempt to cash on the success of Mel Brook's 1974 blockbuster "Young Frankenstein" and were frequently shown as a double bill. Shot on location in London. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Howard Blaxploitation Cinema p. 180. Vinegar Syndrome 322. Columbia Pictures unknown
1974ref. 152517Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1974. Collection of 69 vintage photographs from the 1974 British comedy/horror film a mix of studio still photographs and reference and promotional photographs. Included is a photograph of director Clive Donner David Niven and Linda Hayden on the set. All photos housed in archival sleeves and bound in a red leather three-ring binder. The vast collection includes photographs of Niven Hayden Teresa Graves Peter Bayliss Jennie Linden Nicky Henson Bernard Bresslaw Cathie Shirriff Andrea Allan Minah Bird and Luan Peters among others. Dracula portrayed by the typically charming Niven attempts to revive his great love the Countess Vampira by collecting blood from Playboy models touring his castle but when Vampira awakens she is now a powerful black woman in a delightful performance from Graves. The US release changed the film's name to "Old Dracula" in an attempt to cash on the success of Mel Brook's 1974 blockbuster "Young Frankenstein" and the two were frequently shown as a double bill. Shot on location in London. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine overall. Binder 10 x 12 inches. Near Fine. Howard Blaxploitation Cinema p. 180. Columbia Pictures unknown
1972ref. 149905N.p.: N.p. 1972. Six vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1972 Hammer horror film. A traveling circus in Eastern Europe holds a terrifying secret: its performers are bloodthirsty vampires who kill and eat the children of the villages the circus visits. Often noted as one of Hammer Productions' last great films a stylish grotesque fairy tale romp. Set in Serbia. Approximately 9.5 x 7 inches. Very Good plus overall. N.p. unknown
1972ref. 158075N.p.: N.p. 1972. Draft script for an unproduced film. A blood-drinking woman named Vampula attempts to become a silent screen star in the vein of Theda Bara with the help of a clueless casting agent. Orange titled wrappers with credit for screenwriter Barry Gaines. Title page present dated Oct. 22 '72 with credit for screenwriter Barry Gaines. 142 leaves with last page of text numbered 141. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus with title page detached and a tide mark on the title page fore-edge wrapper Very Good plus bound with a silver prong. N.p. unknown
1983ref. 160523New York: Horizon Films 1983. Vintage studio still photograph of Sandy McLeod shot by and credited at the right margin to Nan Goldin from the 1983 film. Shown is actress Sandy McLeod in seeming triplicate. Goldin also has a brief role in the film. A striking image. An aspiring writer takes a job as a ticket-taker at an adult film theatre in Times Square soon finding herself drawn into the seedy world of the theatre's customers. The film drew together a veritable who's who of New York underground regulars with a screenplay by Kathy Acker music by John Lurie cinematography by frequent Jarmusch collaborator Tom de Cillo and still photography by Nan Goldin. Set and shot on location in New York. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Horizon Films unknown
ref. 171865Los Angeles: Antler Productions 1987. Shooting Script for the 1987 hybrid VHS board game copy belonging to screenwriter Stephen Sustarsic with manuscript pencil and ink annotations of his name and an address on the title page. An internally duplicated copy with the majority of pages with copied punch holes with occasional manuscript pencil annotations checking characters or scenes. A unique and important example of video game construction from the heart of its era one that pulled Sherlockiana into its concept. Deluxe 304-page script housed in a large generic pink three-ring binder with ten-page dividers nine labeled for each of the game's ten mysteries. Each mystery includes a title page noting screenwriters and draft date a one or two page Short Rundown and a cast page followed by the segment's script. Three "Promo" segments are interspersed throughout the script to assist and instruct players through gameplay. Bound in following the script is a six-page Staff List two copies of a 15-page Shooting Schedule dated 8/3/87 and a 15-page Shooting Schedule dated 8/7/87. Laid in the binder's pockets are two copies of a four-page Shooting Schedule dated 8/9/87 and a copy of directions to "The Complex" in West Los Angeles. "221B Baker Street" was a popular board game developed by Jay Moriarty and produced by Antler Productions in 1975 in which players solve up to 75 mysteries with Sherlock Holmes and his associate Dr. Watson by using clues provided by visiting locations on the game board and using Scotland Yard Badges and Skeleton Keys cards to control opponents' access to locations. In 1987 on the centennial anniversary of Arthur Conan Doyle's first published Sherlock story Moriarty and Antler released two new adaptations of the board game: a video game produced by Datasoft and a VCR board game the latter featuring ten new mysteries and a videocassette of dramatized briefings and reenactments-represented by the script on offer here. VCR board games were a short-lived fad in the mid-to-late-1980s in which board games would include a VHS tape to be played at certain points in the game to act as a timer reveal clues or advance a plot. The concept was an attempt by the game developers to remain relevant by incorporating the latest technological innovations prior to the ascension of modern video game consoles. Screenwriter and producer Sustarsic is best known as an Emmy Award winning screenwriter for the 1988-1991 animated Disney series "The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh" the 2004 Independent Comedy Horror film "Lucky" and the 2017 animated Disney XD series "Xiaolin Chronicles - Special Edition." Other screenwriting credits from Sustarsic's 35 year career in television and film include episodes for "The Jeffersons" 1981 "One Day at a Time" 1982 "Alice" 1985 "Newhart" 1989 "Alf" 1990 and "Dilbert" 2000 among many others. Front wrapper integral with first uncredited title page dated 1987 noted as SHOOTING SCRIPT. Second title page dated 1987 with credits for screenwriters Mark Chambers Jay Moriarty and Stephen Sustarsic. 304 leaves with last page of text numbered 13. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine overall with first title page separated housed in a Near Fine generic pink three-ring binder. Staff List and Shooting Schedules saddle-stapled with a single staple to the top left corner. Near Fine. Antler Productions unknown
1979ref. 157906London: Morison Film Group 1979. Third draft for the 1981 UK horror film. Second generation duplication made internally by the filmmakers during production and in original wrappers. Vintage as issued. Two terrorists accidentally unleash a deathly venomous snake into the home where they have trapped a number of hostages. Set in London and shot on location in London and Hertfordshire England. Grey titled wrappers. Title page present dated July 31 1979 noted as third draft with credits for Robert Carrington and Alan Scholefield. 118 leaves with last page of text numbered 117. Xerox duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus with faint soil on page edges and a faint tide mark along the fore-edge of the title page wrapper Near Fine bound with two silver brads. Blue Underground 7070. Morison Film Group unknown
1970ref. 163716London: Commonwealth United Entertainment 1970. Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1969 Italian film one showing Maria Rohm having her ankle caressed by Dennis Price the other showing Rohm standing alone. Not to be confused with the Massimo Dallamano film from the same year. A jazz trumpeter discovers a beautiful corpse washed up on a beach. Hours later a woman who looks exactly like the corpse arrives at the door of his apartment. The original Italian release was heavily edited by distributors at American International and due to censors in Italy seizing the original prints the American cut is most often seen today. Set in Istanbul. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Commonwealth United Entertainment unknown
1929ref. 150991Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1929. Vintage borderless studio still photograph of actors Constance Talmadge and Andre Roanne from the 1929 silent film. Based on Jean Vignaud's 1928 novel. Talmadge sister of actresses Norma and Natalie starred in her first major role in D.W. Griffith's "Intolerance" 1916. Unlike her sisters Constance preferred to appear in light romantic comedies such as "A Pair of Silk Stockings" 1918 "Wedding Bells" 1921 and "The Primitive Lover" 1922. Although many of her films are now considered lost Talmadge is now best remembered for originating the tradition of preserving footprints in concrete outside Grauman's Chinese Theatre after accidentally stepping into wet concrete in front of the theatre in 1927. As with many silent film stars her career faded with the advent of sound film and by the 1930s she and her sisters had retired from the screen. 7.25 x 9.75 inches. Very Good plus overall. United Artists unknown
1980ref. 166551New York: Joseph E. Levine Productions 1980. Draft script for an unproduced film circa 1980. Not to be confused with the 1978 television movie starring Sissy Spacek and William Hurt. Blue titled Studio Duplicating Service wrappers with credit for screenwriter David Shaber. Title page present undated with credits for Shaber and story writer Paul Gallico. 116 leaves with last page of text numbered 115. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages about Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold screw brads. Joseph E. Levine Productions unknown
ref. 142842N.p.: N.p. 1981. Handmade vernacular conceptual journal documenting the shooting of Robert Frank's 1981 film "Energy and How to Get It" circa 1980-1981. Includes tipped in ephemera drawings business cards and 46 Polaroids of Wurlitzer Robert Frank June Leaf and "Lightning" Bob. Annotations and captions throughout by Wurlitzer. Also included are 4 reference photos all likely unique from the shooting of the film: two showing both Wurlitzer and Frank one showing Wurlitzer and one of the "Enola Gay" aircraft in the film. Mead Memo notebook spiral bound. Green wrappers. 4.25 x 6 inches Very Good overall tipped in photos Near Fine. Reference photos 8 x 10 inches Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1969ref. 131243N.p.: Cinema V. 1969. Original silkscreen poster designed by legendary title and poster artist Saul Bass for the US release of the 1968 French film "Alexandre le bienheaureux." Printed at the Art Krebs Screen Studios in Los Angeles and used for the film's premiere at the legendary Cinema II Theater in New York City. Bass' initial design proposals were in general too radical for film studios to consider for advertisement and were invariably altered to suit commercial needs. He produced silkscreens of his original designs himself in non-numbered editions of 50 to 200. These posters were then given to fellow artists friends museums and design magazines and never offered directly for sale by Bass. 25 x 33 inches. About Fine with a light crease to the upper left corner. Cinema V. unknown
1968ref. 162560N.p.: Nordisk Tonefilm 1968. Two vintage studio still photographs from the US release of the 1968 Swedish film. Both photographs with provenance stamps on the verso one with two labels obscuring a previous provenance stamp. One of a number of international films in the 1960s produced by Radley Metzger as noted on these photographs that today show no credit for him. Originally released in Sweden as Lejonsommar the film was released world-wide under the title "Summer of the Lion" and in the US as "Vibration." Sven-Bertil Taube stars as a frustrated writer who travels to an island off the coast of Sweden and becomes involved with Essy Persson as a sexy young temptress. Shot on location in Gotlands län Sweden. 8 x 10 inches. One photograph with a wax pencil annotation on the top right else Near Fine. Nordisk Tonefilm unknown
1978ref. 164326N.p.: N.p. 1978. Vintage borderless oversize color reference photograph from the 1978 French sexploitation film. Annotations in manuscript ink on the verso. A vice squad determines to take down a drug and prostitution ring. Director Jacques Scandelari helmed a number of gay pornographic films under the pseudonym Marvin Merkins the most notable being the 1978 feature "New York City Inferno." 12 x 9.5 inches. Very Good. Bier 201. N.p. unknown
1978ref. 161000Lille: Transunivers-Films 1978. Two vintage oversize borderless color reference photographs from the 1978 French film. Stamps of Transunivers-Film on the versos. A vice squad pursues a drug and prostitution ring culminating in a takedown of a sadomasochistic club frequented by high-ranking government officials. 11.75 x 9.25 inches. Very Good with pinholes at the corners. Bier 201. Transunivers-Films unknown
1976ref. 149663N.p.: N.p. 1976. Vintage oversize borderless color reference photograph of actress Miou-Miou from the 1976 Italian film. With two stamps on the verso one for La Excelsior Films N.V. and the other a large capital "F." A young college graduate with staunch anti-military beliefs finds himself unwittingly enlisted in the Italian army where he begins a relationship with his cruel captain's beautiful wife. Set and shot on location in Rome. 11.75 x 9.25 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1976ref. 146803N.p.: The Corman Company 1976. Draft script for the 1976 film. A Vietnam vet is hired to deal with a group of rowdy oil workers causing trouble in a small town and decides to occupy the town with his mercenary buddies in order to provide a solution. A low budget action film shot in just 30 days after producer Gene Corman came up with the title and nothing else. White titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter George Armitage. 117 leaves with last page of text numbered 114. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. The Corman Company unknown
1975ref. 117917N.p.: N.p. 1975. Draft script for an unproduced film. Vintage as assembled mostly from xerographically duplicated leaves with two leaves pp. 138 and 139 being ribbon copy. Written as a screenplay with dialogue and location information but lacking camera direction typical of a draft that is past the treatment stage but prior to the advanced draft screenplay stage. This would appear to have no relation to the later produced adaptation of the same novel director Stephen Fry's "Bright Young Things" 2003. Based on the 1930 novel by Evelyn Waugh about the dissolute lives of aristocrats and socialites living in postwar London. Pink wrappers with a die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present dated September 1975 noted as Amended first draft with credits for screenwriter John Wells and author Evelyn Waugh. 167 leaves with last page of text numbered 167. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good bound internally with two silver brads. N.p. unknown
1965ref. 162562N.p.: Associated Distributors of California 1965. Two vintage studio still photographs from the US release of the 1964 Danish film. Improvised without a script and utilizing amateur actors including reportedly actual sex workers and their clients the film though a choppy narrative is a fascinating document of Danish bordellos in the 1960s and has since become a cult classic. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with one photograph with a spot of soiling and foxing in the bottom margin. Associated Distributors of California unknown
1967ref. 163315Tokyo: Shibata Organization 1967. Three vintage reference photographs from the US release of the 1967 Japanese pink film. Printed mimeo snipes affixed to the versos. A dramatization of the actions of real-life American mass murderer Richard Speck who raped and killed eight student nurses in South Deering Chicago in 1966. Pink film auteur K ji Wakamatsu was one of the most successful Japanese filmmakers of the 1960s directing a number of notable erotic and softcore adult films including "Go Go Second Time Virgin" 1969 and "Ecstasy of the Angels" 1972 as well as producing Nagisa shima's controversial film "In the Realm of the Senses" 1976. 6.5 x 4.75 inches. Near Fine. Shibata Organization unknown
1984ref. 166590N.p.: N.p. 1984. Revised Draft script for the 1986 film. Copy belonging to an unidentified crew member with their annotations in manuscript ink on the verso of the final page relating to set construction. A famous photographer takes a two-week trip to her hometown on the Maryland coast where she reconnects with her high school sweetheart who is now married and running his family's local newspaper. Set in Ocean City Maryland and Venice Italy shot on location in Baltimore and Ocean City Maryland and at Rehoboth Beach Delaware. White generic Rastar wrappers. Title page present dated July 27 1984 noted as REVISED with credit for screenwriter Naomi Foner. 125 leaves with last page of text numbered 122. Xerographic duplication rectos only with pink revision pages throughout dated July 31 1984. Pages Near Fine wrapper about Near Fine bound internally with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
1978ref. 144817France: Filmel 1978. Vintage borderless photograph of Isabelle Huppert and Jean Carmet from the 1978 film. With manuscript annotations on the verso. Based on the 1975 novel of the same name by Jean-Marie Fitere which tells the true story of Violette Noziere Isabelle Huppert a French teenager who in the 1930s worked as a prostitute while living with her parents who she poisoned killing her father after they found out from her doctor that she had syphilis. Isabelle Huppert won the award for Best Actress at the 1978 Cannes Film Festival. Shot on location in Paris. 9.5 x 6 inches. Near Fine. Grant Worldwide. Filmel unknown
